Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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